Like what plans did he have if secured victory? I'm curious.

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Which country will still use banknotes, coins, or any other form of currency that is issued by the government and not a barter system, that could still be used to this day?

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In roman times, there were caucasoids living as far as the Tian Shan. And the tocharians found in the Tarim basin.

I know that the idea of fixed borders is a modern one, and that in the past they were much more fluid. What was life like for the people that lived in in areas which were contested by various counties/duchies/kingdoms in the middle ages? Who would they pay taxes or swear fealty to?

I recently read that horses, at the time they were domesticated (sometime from 4000-3500 B.C.) were too small to be ridden by people. The author (his name escapes me at the moment) suggested that people domesticated horses to use them for meat and milk, and it required many generations of breeding before they were big enough for full-grown men and women to ride.

Is this accurate? Were horses domesticated so people could eat them, and only later did people start using them for work and warfare? And what evidence is there for this conclusion?

I've been studying the Women's Liberation Movement in a history class offered at my university and thought of this after reading about some of the origins of the women's movement. I've had trouble finding good primary or secondary sources directly related to the question, most of what I find is related to the Freedom Summer, which doesn't directly answer my question.

Would this have been something the Klan would have supported in an attempt to further raise the status of women above that of African-Americans or was the movement something they loathed?

I just read that Henry VII's background was Welsh and his father was named Edmwnd Tudur and his father was named Owain Tudur, both very Welsh sounding named. Did Henry speak Welsh? Were any other British monarchs able to speak a local language?

Before Gorbachev, the previous leaders of the Soviet Union crushed dissent and any threat to their sphere of influence (East Berlin in 1953, Hungarian Revolution, Prague Spring, the 1979 invasion of Afghanistan, and indirectly the Derg in Ethiopia). When Gorbachev came in, he implemented glasnost and perestroika, then told the eastern bloc to listen to their people and not crush them. In less than a decade, the Cold War ended without a nuclear apocalypse or even much bloodshed (with a few exceptions). How did a reformer like Gorbachev come to power, and did the hardliners in the Communist Party try to stop it?

Its a damn entertaining read so far, and no matter what I intend to finish it. However, I want to know what the community here thinks of it. Just so I can know how large of a grain of salt to take it with.

My great grandfather was an American who went to Canada to enlist in the Canadian Army. He died just a few days before Armistice. My grandmother (his daughter) was 10 when he died. She never got over it. She couldn't watch war movies all her life. I want to know where in France he died, what battle was being fought, and any other information someone might have about what was going on for his regiment on the day he died. Thanks.

Thomas Fennelly Death Date: 7 Nov 1918 Rank: Private Unit: 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Service number: 225266 Cemetery: Quievrain Communal Cemetery Cemetery Location: 7 1/4 Miles North East of Valenciennes, Belgium Burial Place: Belgium

For those who do an internet search, you will find my family tree on ancestry.com. The Ross Fennelly Leach Gallagher tree is mine. I have already found much information about this man who was so mourned by my grandmother. It is just the information about the day he died that I lack. He enlisted with the Canadian armed forces though he was a native of Massachusetts. Apparently he wanted to join the fight but the US had not entered the war, so he went to Canada.

FOUND IT !!! Thank you guys! With the names of the possible battles, I was able to narrow it down to two battles, Battle of Selle or Pursuit to Mons. He was shot and "died later" on November 7. So far it is not known exactly when he was shot, but I am assuming it was during one of these two battles.

From Wikipedia: "After a brief pause another set-piece attack was launched on 17 October (battle of the Selle). The British were now back on familiar ground from 1914, fighting around Le Cateau (17-18 October). The Germans retreated to yet another river line, this time on the Sambre. Once again a set-piece attack was launched. A preliminary attack on 1-2 November saw the Canadians capture Valenciennes, and then on 4 November Haig’s armies launched an attack on a thirty mile front along the Sambre. This was the final British set-piece of the war. The fighting from 4-11 November was officially designated the Pursuit to Mons. One of the last actions of the war saw Canadian troops liberate Mons on the morning of 11 November."

It seems that Germans were extremely nationalists compared to other European countries. Did this help them in terms of morale and skill? I

I know the Soviets fought the for awhile but, it seems Germany was the bigger interest.
Why was it spared invasion as Germany collapsed?

Perhaps an odd question, but I'll explain where I'm coming from.

I'm pretty familiar with the Bible (I'm a baptist pastor). I don't have any training in biblical Hebrew but I am somewhat familiar with the difficulties of translation and the fact that there are ambiguous words that we aren't REALLY sure how to translate sometimes.

It struck me some time ago that although the Old Testament mentions circumcision often, it doesn't go to any great length explaining exactly what it is. Contrast that with some of the lesser known passages of the OT that go into excruciating detail about certain matters of the law. Probably the most straightforward verse about it off the top of my head is [Genesis 17:11] You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you. (ESV)

Does anyone know if there are any ambiguities in the exact meaning of circumcised or foreskins? Are the words precise enough and well enough understood that we can be totally confident that modern circumcision is exactly the same procedure as what Abraham and all the Jews after him did? Is there any other "procedure" that might be described by the same phrasing?

Bonus question: Has circumcision been practiced continually by Jewish populations going (as far as we can tell) all the way back to Abraham, providing a basis for saying, "Yes, this is exactly what circumcision is"?

Would they have taken the Eucharist, and if so, how often? Would their lives have revolved around the sacraments? What did or would have happened if the clergy in a rural village all died during the plague?

Thanks!

I read that the state had control of the media, but it seems that what happened in Kosovo between Albanians and Serbs could have happened without the media. Where there laws and punishments for nationalist sentiment and organizing, and if so, how did these not backfire?

Hi there everyone, this just came to mind and as its wildly outside of my period I thought I would throw it out there!

Really just wondering whether the NATO side had particular planning for subduing such a significant Soviet prescense outside of USSR-proper. Would Kaliningrad have been a vital, advantageous asset for the Soviets, in terms of an advanced staging post and/or division of forces in the Baltic? Who would want or get a recaptured Kalinigrad?

Thanks a lot!

Why did Belarus fall under Russian influence compared with other ex-Soviet countries in Europe?